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Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1999

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I-RELIGION

[OPEN-ENDED RESPONSES FROM THOSE WHO ANSWERED "SOME OTHER RELIGION" AND PASSED THE SCREEN IN RELAFCHK ARE CODED IN THE DATA SET AS OTHRELAF.] What is your religious affiliation: Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? (Recoded for use with online analysis)

	1) Protestant
	2) Catholic
	3) Jewish
	4) Some other religion (Specify)
	5) No religion (Not religious / Agnostic / Atheist)
	6) Christian or just a Christian (Volunteered)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Protestant	182	46.3%	46.3%	-.78
Catholic	119	30.3%	76.6%	-.07
Jewish	15	3.8%	80.4%	.63
Some other religion (Specify)	36	9.2%	89.6%	1.34
No religion (Not religious / Agnostic / Atheist)	29	7.4%	96.9%	2.04
Christian or just a Christian (Volunteered)	12	3.1%	100%	2.75

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24 years old	25 to 44 years old	45 to 64 years old	65 years or older	Don't know / Refused	TOTAL
Protestant	27.8% 15	39.9% 65	57.6% 68	56.9% 29	71.4% 5	46.3% 182
Catholic	25.9% 14	38.7% 63	22.9% 27	27.5% 14	14.3% 1	30.3% 119
Jewish	7.4% 4	3.1% 5	4.2% 5	0.0% 0	14.3% 1	3.8% 15
Some other religion (Specify)	14.8% 8	9.2% 15	9.3% 11	3.9% 2	0.0% 0	9.2% 36
No religion (Not religious / Agnostic / Atheist)	16.7% 9	6.7% 11	4.2% 5	7.8% 4	0.0% 0	7.4% 29
Christian or just a Christian (Volunteered)	7.4% 4	2.5% 4	1.7% 2	3.9% 2	0.0% 0	3.1% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 163	100.0% 118	100.0% 51	100.0% 7	393

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than Grade 9	Ninth to eleventh grade	HS grad	Some college	College grad or more	TOTAL
Protestant	71.4% 5	57.1% 8	49.1% 55	50.0% 55	39.3% 59	46.3% 182
Catholic	28.6% 2	35.7% 5	34.8% 39	22.7% 25	32.0% 48	30.3% 119
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 3	1.8% 2	6.7% 10	3.8% 15
Some other religion (Specify)	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	8.0% 9	10.0% 11	10.0% 15	9.2% 36
No religion (Not religious / Agnostic / Atheist)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.5% 5	9.1% 10	9.3% 14	7.4% 29
Christian or just a Christian (Volunteered)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	6.4% 7	2.7% 4	3.1% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 14	100.0% 112	100.0% 110	100.0% 150	393

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Strong Democrat	Not very strong Democrat	Independent	Not very strong Republican	Strong Republican	TOTAL
Protestant	42.0% 21	43.9% 36	42.9% 36	53.0% 35	63.5% 33	48.2% 161
Catholic	30.0% 15	34.1% 28	31.0% 26	31.8% 21	19.2% 10	29.9% 100
Jewish	8.0% 4	4.9% 4	4.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.6% 12
Some other religion (Specify)	6.0% 3	12.2% 10	9.5% 8	6.1% 4	11.5% 6	9.3% 31
No religion (Not religious / Agnostic / Atheist)	14.0% 7	3.7% 3	11.9% 10	3.0% 2	0.0% 0	6.6% 22
Christian or just a Christian (Volunteered)	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	6.1% 4	5.8% 3	2.4% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 50	100.0% 82	100.0% 84	100.0% 66	100.0% 52	334

Race (I-RACE)

	White / Caucasian	Black	African-American	Native American / American Indian	Asian / Oriental	TOTAL
Protestant	48.1% 153	73.3% 11	66.7% 6	33.3% 1	33.3% 3	49.2% 174
Catholic	30.5% 97	6.7% 1	11.1% 1	33.3% 1	22.2% 2	28.8% 102
Jewish	3.8% 12	6.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 13
Some other religion (Specify)	6.6% 21	13.3% 2	22.2% 2	33.3% 1	44.4% 4	8.5% 30
No religion (Not religious / Agnostic / Atheist)	7.9% 25	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.1% 25
Christian or just a Christian (Volunteered)	3.1% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 318	100.0% 15	100.0% 9	100.0% 3	100.0% 9	354

Region (I-REGION)

	New England	East Central	West Central	Mountain States	Middle Atlantic	Pacific Coast	TOTAL
Protestant	31.4% 11	54.8% 40	60.3% 38	47.5% 19	39.8% 39	41.7% 35	46.3% 182
Catholic	48.6% 17	30.1% 22	23.8% 15	15.0% 6	41.8% 41	21.4% 18	30.3% 119
Jewish	5.7% 2	1.4% 1	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	6.1% 6	6.0% 5	3.8% 15
Some other religion (Specify)	5.7% 2	5.5% 4	4.8% 3	20.0% 8	10.2% 10	10.7% 9	9.2% 36
No religion (Not religious / Agnostic / Atheist)	8.6% 3	8.2% 6	4.8% 3	10.0% 4	1.0% 1	14.3% 12	7.4% 29
Christian or just a Christian (Volunteered)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 3	7.5% 3	1.0% 1	6.0% 5	3.1% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 73	100.0% 63	100.0% 40	100.0% 98	100.0% 84	393

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Some other religion (Specify)	No religion (Not religious / Agnostic / Atheist)	Christian or just a Christian (Volunteered)	TOTAL
Protestant	100.0% 182	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	46.3% 182
Catholic	0.0% 0	100.0% 119	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	30.3% 119
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 15	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 15
Some other religion (Specify)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 36	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.2% 36
No religion (Not religious / Agnostic / Atheist)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 29	0.0% 0	7.4% 29
Christian or just a Christian (Volunteered)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 12	3.1% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 119	100.0% 15	100.0% 36	100.0% 29	100.0% 12	393